Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and MLA Virender Singh Kadian took oath as members of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Thursday.
According to NDMC Act 1994, MLAs from New Delhi and Delhi Cantonment constituencies automatically become members of the NDMC once the Union Home Ministry notifies the NDMC of the appointment, the members are officially sworn in. Kejriwal and Kadian took oath in a special council meeting held at conference hall of NDMC Convention Centre on Thursday.
“In the exercise of the power conferred by the certain provisions of the NDMC Act, Ministry of Home Affairs, issued a notification for nomination of two elected members in NDMC. As per act every new member before taking his seat, is required to make and subscribe at a meeting of the Council an oath of affirmation in the prescribed format,” a senior MDMC official said.
The official said that the NDMC act was amended in January, 2012. “In accordance with the NDMC (Amendment) Act, 2011, a thirteen member Council headed by a Chairperson governs the council,” he said.